Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Retold and Illustrated by Jan Brett

Puffin 1987

32 pages

Traditional Literature

 

                                  I chose this book because it is one of the most popular and well known stories. It has been around for a very long time and there are several different versions and re makes of the story. Jan Brett's version is a little different, but still follows pretty close to the original version of the story. The story of a curious little girl that wanders into the house of three bears and makes herself at home eating their, porridge, sitting in their chairs, and even sleeping in their beds. The bears come home finding Goldilocks in baby bear's bed and she runs away frightened.

                                 I believe the illustrations are done with watercolor. In my opinion, Jan Brett's illustrations have that classic look. They are very beautiful and bring life to the pages. She uses many details which is what makes her illustrations come to life. Both the illustrations and the text are on a page. This book has received no awards.

                                This book could be used when reading classic pieces of literature to your class. You could also use this book when teaching your class about different elements of a story such as characters, setting, problem, and solution. This could also be used when trying to teach your students about the different times events took place in the story and the importance of time in a story. An example of this would be getting students to act out the story and then tell what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.